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aily.org February 10, 2000 Serving San Jose State University Since 1934 1.010 ine 111, .Vo. 10 Accuser in rape case testifies policy of the Spartan Daily to withhold The two had met at Sky Hawks, a breakfast in the morning and had Clarissa Aljentera THE LESLIE NORMAN CASE recreational day camp where they had agreed at some point after breakfast DAILY STAFF EDITOR the names of possible rape victims. Norman is charged with rape of an coached basketball together. She had that they wanted to drink, according to The victim of an alleged rape in a San unconscious victim, rape of an intoxicat- met Norman through her older sister, testimony given by the alleged victim. Jose State University residence hall tes- ed victim and false imprisonment. bation with no jail time. who knows a former roommate of They had stopped by a friend's house tified for four hours Wednesday in a pre- The charges stemmed from a Sept. 12 If he is found guilty on any counts of Norman's. The former roommate intro- and picked up some alcohol at a liquor liminary hearing for former Spartan incident in his residence hall room, rape, "he would have to register as a sex duced the two, she said. store before returning to his residence basketball recruit Leslie Norman. according to court documents. offender," Boyarsky said. She said she had made it clear that hall. They had purchased two 40-ounce The 17-year-old high school student Santa Clara County Deputy District The last witness to testify on she had no interest in dating Norman bottles of malt liquor and had been is scheduled to continue her testimony Attorney Jay Boyarsky said if Norman Wednesday was the high-school-age over the summer and that he had said drinking for about 90 minutes, accord- today in the San Jose Municipal Court is bound over to trial, he could face up to alleged victim, who had known Norman for he had a girlfriend back home in ing to the testimony. in front of Judge Virginia Mae Days dur- eight years and eight months in prison, less than two months before the incident Illinois. her On Sept. 12, the two had met for ing the hearing's fourth day. It is the and at the least he could be put on pro- took place, according to testimony. See Trial, page 8 Hot salsa 77-year-old dancing -DON'T LaRouche celebrates keeps on Cupid's day runnin' Andi Anderson Erin Mayes DAILY STAFF WRITER DAILY STAFF WRITER Heating up the dance floor Perennial presidential candi- with the latest moves in salsa date Lyndon H. LaRouche is back dancing is one way to celebrate as expected. Valentine's Day. He has run in every United The third annual "Salsa Si States presidential election since Puedes," a salsa dance festival 1976, when he came in seventh presented by the Mexican among a field of eight contenders. Heritage Corporation of Sar. Jose He ran as a Labor Party nomi- and the Lincoln Mercury Dealers nee in'76, and when he ran again of Northern California is in '84 he was an Independent can- scheduled from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. didate. In 1992, LaRouche was in at the Mexican Heritage Plaza. his third year of a five year sen- "When I started three years tence in a federal penitentiary in ago, I really wanted to diversify Michigan for fraud and tax eva- our approach to presenting dance THE sion, but that didn't deter him by showing different types of from campaigning anyway. dance other than folklorico, This year, the 77-year-old including salsa. We wanted to LaRouche is back as a Democratic promote community participa- candidate. He made it onto the tion in the arts by doing things ballot by collecting more than we enjoy, like salsa dancing," said 23,000 signatures. In 1992, he Laura Esparza, director of arts had to file a lawsuit before he was and education programs for the allowed to even get on the ballot. Mexican Heritage Corporation of Tina Truong, an occupational San Jose. therapy student, said she has The hot salsa band TBD will BOAT always avoided the people who play Caribbean sounds as cou- staff LaRouche's table at San Jose ples move to the rhythms and State University. but I had techniques of salsa style, accord- Above, intermediate sailing stu- "I've seen the sign, no ing to a press release. idea what it was," Truong said. "It This is the first time the dance dent George Groza tips over the said something really weird." will be held at the Plaza, which sailboat for the next student's cap- Many students seem to agree opened in September, said size test in the Spartan Complex with Truong. Most do not know Yesinia Ramirez, performing East pool. who LaRouche is at all. Ronald Sylvia, a professor in See SaiSa, page 8 the SJSU political science depart- Left, Dr. Shirley H. M. Reekie ment, said there is no chance that instructs her beginning sailing LaRouche will ever become the Olympics class on the dangers of holding president. the rope connected to the mast "He wants to be president and teeth. Although class will it's hard to run for president from with their prison," Sylvia said. "He wants to needs eventually be held at Lake dismantle the government and Cunningham Park, the class throw out the tax code. It's pretty meets in Spartan Complex East at radical stuff" volunteers the start of the semester. Before Wednesday, students from col- must swim leges all over the United States they can sail, students participated in a live conference Michelle Jew 100 yards, tread water for five call / Internet broadcast to dis- DAILY STAFF WRITER minutes and be able to turn a cap- cuss issues of concern with sized boat back over and get in. LaRouche. A chance is on the horizon for Intermediate students are not "Affirmative action has done those who always dreamed of some good, but has not really coaching sports and volunteering allowed to set sail on San worked," LaRouche said. "The for a worthy cause. Francisco Bay until halfway way to get equality for some of the The Santa Clara County through the semester. people is to guarantee equality for Special Olympics program is all of the people." looking for volunteers. During the conference call, La One of the largest programs in Rouche repeated several times the state, Special Olympics has that the only way for everyone in been in Santa Clara County for America to be equal is if everyone 31 years and provides free year- receives the same level of educa- round sports training and athlet- tion, health care and economic ic competitions for developmen- opportunities. tally disabled children and LaRouche spoke out against adults. President Bill Clinton, calling Volunteer-based, Special him a "lousy economist." Olympics partners with individu- He also called Vice President als, businesses and corporations and Democratic presidential can- through fund-raising, coaching didate Al Gore a "menace" and and volunteering at events. "totally irresponsible," and "I've never heard of Special referred to Republican candidate Olympics," said Silke Reinhartz, George W. Bush as a "dummy." He a second-year grad student in went on to say American children occupational therapy. "I thought have "empty minds, essentially," they were called something else." Reekie and "no conception of their Reinhartz has worked with Right, future." disabled people before, but demonstrates how As for the economy, LaRouche through her occupational therapy to ready the sail and said America is in had shape. courses. the boat for the "This is a terrible problem," he had the time, I would vol- "If I capsize test said. "We're going to have to pre- unteer," she said. Photos by Douglas Rider / pare for a crash that will result in Sue Rizzi, outreach director for widespread personal bankruptcy." the Santa Clara County program, LaRouche said the conditions said the most common feedback Spartan Daily from the Depression are going to return unless America reorga- See Help, page 8 nizes its "massive debt."